Coalition Supports New Great Lakes Action Plan

Coalition Supports New Great Lakes Action Plan - The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is supporting a new Great Lakes action plan that will guide federal restoration efforts for the next five years. 

Federal Agencies Announce 5-Year Great Lakes Restoration Action Plan

Federal Agencies Announce 5-Year Great Lakes Restoration Action Plan - At a meeting of Great Lakes Mayors in Chicago, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy  released a new Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Action Plan that lays out steps that federal agencies will take during the next five years to protect water quality, control invasive species and restore habitat in the largest surface fresh water system in the world. 

 

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Microplastic pollution widespread in St. Lawrence River

Microplastic pollution widespread in St. Lawrence River - Canadian scientists say they've found 2-millimeter plastic microbeads widely distributed along the bottom of the St. Lawrence River.

Legislators oppose limiting states' ability to regulate ballast water discharges

Letter from caucus members expresses opposition to federal legislation limiting states' ability to regulate ballast water discharges - Close to 50 state legislators from the Great Lakes region are urging the U.S. Senate to reject federal legislation that would prevent states from establishing their own tougher standards on ballast water discharges. S.2094 was passed by a Senate committee in July. 

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U.S. Resolutions opposing permanent storage of nuclear waste in Great Lakes Basin

MI Senators Levin, Stabenow introduce Senate companion to Rep. Kildee House resolution opposing permanent storage of nuclear waste in Great Lakes Basin - Oppose a Canadian proposal to build a permanent nuclear waste repository in the Great Lakes Basin. The measure is a companion resolution to one introduced by Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint, earlier this month. The Senate resolution is co-sponsored by Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, Mark Kirk, R-IL, and Tammy Baldwin, D-WI.

Michigan officials fight proposed Lake Huron nuke waste storage

Michigan officials fight proposed Lake Huron nuke waste storage - Residents of Michigan's Thumb region are looking across Lake Huron with some concern as the Canadian utility provider. . .

Great Lakes racing to prepare for new kind of oil spill

Great Lakes racing to prepare for new kind of oil spill - Bitumen from tar sands are heavier and sink to the bottom in fresh water

 

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